Publish what you pay is a global network of civil society organisations trying to enchance the transparency of payments in the oil, gas and mining sector,[1] in order to open possibilities for the poorer countrie[2] s to gain economical growth and poverty reduction, and hold the compaines more accountable for their actions. [3] The organisation has 800 member organisations globally within over 60 countries[4] , ranging from human rights, development, environmental and faith-based organisations. Many of the organisations have clustered up in national co-working organs.The organisation have as aim to influence the transactions to industries and government, and consist of 9 members of staff (5 in london and others in Beirut, Kiev, N'Djamena) [5]
In september 2012 the organisation rearranged their governance and strategy at their tenth anniversary- and released a Vision 20/20 strategy report on their plans until 2016. The organisation meets up every three (3) years to overlook their strategy. [6] The organisation was established in 2002 by Global witness, CAFOD, Save the children and Transparency International to mention a few[7] , and at that time launched the first PWYP campaign, wanting every natural resource companies to disclose the companies' payments to governments for every country of operation. The group quickly expanded to include organisations such as Human Rights Watch, Partnership Africa Canada, Pax Christi Netherlands and Secours Catholique/CARITAS France, along with an increasing number of groups from developing countries.[8] The organisation have two major categories; Advocacy and Capital building. [9]
The organisation have driven trough legislation within many countries world-wide to ensure that companies will be pushed to transparency, as in 2012 the legislation have been implemented within USA and in 2013 within EU.[10]
PWYP and Finland
Finland, as part of many of the member organisations, such as Global witness and Transparency International promised on 31.October 2013 to follow with a swift implemention of trasnparency law. [11] However, of the Nordic countries only Norway and Denmark have members in PWYP, while Finland and Sweden eventhough part of many of the member organisations included in PWYP they have no separate membership organisations or coalitions. [12]
Publish What You Pay
Publish what you pay is a global network of civil society organisations trying to enchance the transparency of payments in the oil, gas and mining sector,[1] in order to open possibilities for the poorer countrie[2] s to gain economical growth and poverty reduction, and hold the compaines more accountable for their actions. [3] The organisation has 800 member organisations globally within over 60 countries[4] , ranging from human rights, development, environmental and faith-based organisations. Many of the organisations have clustered up in national co-working organs.The organisation have as aim to influence the transactions to industries and government, and consist of 9 members of staff (5 in london and others in Beirut, Kiev, N'Djamena) [5]
In september 2012 the organisation rearranged their governance and strategy at their tenth anniversary- and released a Vision 20/20 strategy report on their plans until 2016. The organisation meets up every three (3) years to overlook their strategy. [6] The organisation was established in 2002 by Global witness, CAFOD, Save the children and Transparency International to mention a few[7] , and at that time launched the first PWYP campaign, wanting every natural resource companies to disclose the companies' payments to governments for every country of operation. The group quickly expanded to include organisations such as Human Rights Watch, Partnership Africa Canada, Pax Christi Netherlands and Secours Catholique/CARITAS France, along with an increasing number of groups from developing countries.[8] The organisation have two major categories; Advocacy and Capital building. [9]
The organisation have driven trough legislation within many countries world-wide to ensure that companies will be pushed to transparency, as in 2012 the legislation have been implemented within USA and in 2013 within EU.[10]
PWYP and Finland
Finland, as part of many of the member organisations, such as Global witness and Transparency International promised on 31.October 2013 to follow with a swift implemention of trasnparency law. [11] However, of the Nordic countries only Norway and Denmark have members in PWYP, while Finland and Sweden eventhough part of many of the member organisations included in PWYP they have no separate membership organisations or coalitions. [12]